Apparently Wagshall’s was in negotiations with the Neam’s family all along. And after the deal with Roadside fell through, the family considered going back to Wagshall’s, but the timing was off. Ultimately the family decided to take the new deal instead. It was apparently a tough decision.

What now will happen is a mystery. GM estimated that Roadside could build a new residential building on the parking lot and save the old building for a market (similar to what the developer is doing with Frager’s on Capitol Hill). That’s still a possibility, but the uncertainly leads GM to theorize the worst possible outcome: a bank.